{"id":4624,"date":"2026-08-25T04:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/gmb\/?page_id=4624"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:24:11","slug":"current-postgraduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/gmb\/current-postgraduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Postgraduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4636&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Namith Deshan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Hons) in Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:deshannamith@gmail.com\">deshannamith@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Phylogenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, &amp; Computational Biology[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4637&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Tharushi Fernando<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:nawodhyaf@gmail.com\">nawodhyaf@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Alzheimer&#8217;s disease research, Computational and molecular biology approaches in drug discovery, Respiratory virus research and viral genomics[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4634&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>D.A.N. Bhagya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ddannnimsha@gmail.com\">ddannnimsha@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Plant biotechnology, Tissue culture, Photochemistry, Cell and Molecular biology[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4635&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Maleesha Mihiran De Alwis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BBST (Hons) in Industrial Biosystems Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mmihiran99@gmail.com\">mmihiran99@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, &amp; Plant Pathology[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4633&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Lakshini Chamika Dissanayaka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Hons), M.Phil., PhD (Reading)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lakshinichamika88@gmail.com\">lakshinichamika88@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Bioinformatics, &amp; Pharmacognosy[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4638&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>A.A.V. Dilhari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:vinodaathukorala@gmail.com\">vinodaathukorala@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Neurodegenerative diseases, Natural products and nutraceuticals-based drug discovery, Computational and molecular biology approaches in drug discovery[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4636&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Namith Deshan B.Sc. 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